Piero Casalicchio was a busy textile designer who often went hungry. He didn’t know how to cook and by the time he got home after a long day’s work, most restaurants in Como, Italy, were closed.
The I...
Kym Whitley has a lot to be thankful for. Four years ago she thought she was being pranked when she got a call saying her baby was waiting to be picked up from the hospital.
She was 50. She hadn't giv...
Shoeboxes aren’t just for storing shoes, they are also a great way to show love and gratitude.
So believes Erlor Dean. She is stuffing shoeboxes with small gifts and handing them out to senior citizen...
For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure.
Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ag...
As a child, no one would have picked Benjamin “Benny” Sousa as a future millionaire.
He had dropped out of school by the age of 10 and was packing shelves in a grocery store; he couldn’t read very wel...
Growing up in the Philippines, Dustin Jose Francisco didn’t have many toys.
His father struggled to raise a large family on a policeman’s salary.
“When the first Transformers movie came out in 1986, ...
Spray-painting a beach scene on canvas is challenging enough, imagine doing it on fur.
Douglas and Pauline Parker of Pampered Pets learnt to do exactly that this week, under the instruction of renown...
Roberta Alvarez had to leave Bermuda to get the education she wanted for her dyslexic daughter.
Olivia was six when doctors confirmed the difficulties she had with reading, spelling and writing were d...
Antonio Sausys was 20 when his mother died from a sudden stroke.
The Uruguayan threw himself into work and study. Two years later he discovered a bony growth on his rib cage.
“My sternum had actually ...
Juli Campbell read her poetry to Dorothy Trimingham every Thursday evening, for 20 years.
She always gave her a copy; she assumed her friend threw it away.
When Mrs Trimingham died in June at 91, Ms C...
